John Green's The Fault in Our Stars pushed back to the top of Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended May 5. The novel, which was last at #1 in February, bested the previous week's leader, David Baldacci's The Target, which slid one spot to #2. Jasinda Wilder's self-published Alpha hit the list at #3.
We are also pleased to announce that starting this week, Publishers Weekly will begin running category bestseller lists for the iBooks platform. Each week, you can check out the top 20 iBooks titles in the following categories:
- Audiobooks
- Arts & Entertainment
- Biographies & Memoir
- Business & Personal Finance
- Children & Teens
- Cookbooks, Food & Wine
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Health, Mind & Body
- Fiction & Literature
- Mysteries & Thrillers
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
They appear below.
iBooks US Bestseller List — Top Paid Books
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Penguin Group US)
2. The Target by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
3. Alpha by Jasinda Wilder (Seth Clarke)
4. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)
5. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Company)
6. Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)
7. Divergent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)
8. Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo & Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson)
9. Nash by Jay Crownover (William Morrow Paperbacks)
10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown Publishing Group)
11. Natchez Burning by Greg Iles (William Morrow)
12. The Collector by Nora Roberts (Penguin Group US)
13. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (William Morrow Paperbacks)
14. NYPD Red 2 by James Patterson & Marshall Karp (Little, Brown and Company)
15. The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty (Penguin Group US)
16. Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton & Company)
17. Losing It by Cora Carmack (William Morrow Paperbacks)
18. Live to See Tomorrow by Iris Johansen (St. Martin's Press)
19. Missing You by Harlan Coben (Penguin Group US)
20. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin Group US)
iBooks US Bestseller List — Audiobooks
1. The Target (Unabridged) by David Baldacci (Hachette Audio)
2. Divergent (Unabridged) by Veronica Roth (Harper Audio)
3. The Fault in Our Stars (Unabridged) by John Green (Brilliance Audio)
4. Insurgent: Divergent, Book 2 (Unabridged) by Veronica Roth (Harper Audio)
5. The Collector (Unabridged) by Nora Roberts (Brilliance Audio)
6. A Thousand Splendid Suns (Unabridged) by Khaled Hosseini (Simon & Schuster Audio)
7. Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back (Unabridged) by Todd Burpo & Lynn Vincent (Oasis Audio)
8. Allegiant: Divergent Trilogy, Book 3 (Unabridged) by Veronica Roth (Harper Audio)
9. Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt (Unabridged) by Michael Lewis (Simon & Schuster Audio)
10. Gone Girl: A Novel (Unabridged) by Gillian Flynn (Random House Audio)
11. The Power of Now (Unabridged) by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library)
12. Mockingjay: The Final Book of the Hunger Games (Unabridged) by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Audio)
13. The Goldfinch (Unabridged) by Donna Tartt (Hachette Audio)
14. Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal (Unabridged) by Oren Klaff (McGraw—Hill Education)
15. Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy (Unabridged) by E L James (Random House Audio)
16. How to Win Friends & Influence People (Unabridged) by Dale Carnegie (Simon & Schuster Audio)
17. A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1 (Unabridged) by George R. R. Martin (Random House Audio)
18. The Art of War (Unabridged) by Sun Tzu (Jimcin Recordings)
19. The Great Gatsby (Unabridged) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Audible Studios)
20. Bossypants (Unabridged) by Tina Fey (Hachette Audio)
iBooks US Bestseller List — Arts & Entertainment
1. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
2. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (Simon & Schuster)
3. Romeo and Juliet: The Shakesperience by William Proctor Williams & William Shakespeare (Sourcebooks, Inc)
4. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (Simon & Schuster)
5. Minecraft Pocket Edition Guide by Sapphire Games (Sapphire Games)
6. 72 Essays on Photography by Scott Bourne (Think Tap Learn)
7. Our Town by Thornton Wilder (Harper Perennial)
8. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (New Directions)
9. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd — 101 Amazing Facts You Didn't Know by G Whiz (101Bookfacts.com)
10. Minecraft House/Structure Ideas: A collection of blueprints for great house ideas in this Minecraft house guide by Entertainment 727 (Entertainment 727)
11. Here Comes the Night by Joel Selvin (Counterpoint)
12. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (Simon & Schuster)
13. Jazz Covers (US Edition) by TASCHEN (TASCHEN)
14. Tony Northrup's DSLR Book: How to Create Stunning Digital Photography (iPad) by Tony Northrup (Mason Press)
15. Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon (Workman Publishing Company)
16. The Fault in our Stars by John Green — 101 Amazingly True Facts You Didn't Know by G Whiz (101BookFacts.com)
17. The Making of Star Wars (Enhanced Edition) by J. W. Rinzler & Peter Jackson (Random House Publishing Group)
18. Macbeth: The Shakesperience by William Shakespeare (Sourcebooks, Inc)
19. Mad World by Jonathan Bernstein, Lori Majewski & Nick Rhodes (ABRAMS)
20. The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron (Penguin Group US)
iBooks US Bestseller List — Biographies & Memoirs
1. Everybody's Got Something by Robin Roberts & Veronica Chambers (Grand Central Publishing)
2. Pride Over Pity by Kailyn Lowry (Post Hill Press)
3. Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty by Diane Keaton (Random House Publishing Group)
4. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House Publishing Group)
5. A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren (Henry Holt and Co.)
6. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
7. Night by Elie Wiesel & Marion Wiesel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
8. Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell & Patrick Robinson (Little, Brown and Company)
9. Love Life by Rob Lowe (Simon & Schuster)
10. Wild by Cheryl Strayed (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
11. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)
12. Pimp by Iceberg Slim (Cash Money Content)
13. Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman (Random House Publishing Group)
14. Thrive by Arianna Huffington (Crown Publishing Group)
15. The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort (Random House Publishing Group)
16. Finding Me by Michelle Burford & Michelle Knight (Weinstein Publishing)
17. Face the Music by Paul Stanley (HarperOne)
18. I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai & Christina Lamb (Little, Brown and Company)
19. American Sniper (Enhanced Edition) by Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice & Scott Mcewen (William Morrow)
20. John Wayne: The Life and Legend by Scott Eyman (Simon & Schuster)
iBooks US Bestseller List — Business & Personal Finance
1. Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton & Company)
2. Creativity, Inc. by Amy Wallace & Ed Catmull (Random House Publishing Group)
3. Freakonomics Rev Ed by Stephen J. Dubner & Steven D. Levitt (HarperCollins e—books)
4. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (Random House Publishing Group)
5. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company)
6. The Confidence Code by Claire Shipman & Katty Kay (HarperBusiness)
7. The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition by Dave Ramsey (Thomas Nelson)
8. The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz (HarperBusiness)
9. Good to Great by Jim Collins (HarperBusiness)
10. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki (Plata Publishing, LLC.)
11. How to Win at the Sport of Business by Mark Cuban (Diversion Books)
12. #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso (Penguin Group US)
13. The Challenger Sale by Brent Adamson & Matthew Dixon (Penguin Group US)
14. The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy (Vanguard Press)
15. Start with Why by Simon Sinek (Penguin Group US)
16. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company)
17. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton & Company)
18. What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast by Laura Vanderkam (Penguin Group US)
19. Getting Things Done by David Allen (Penguin Group US)
20. The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed by Benjamin Graham (HarperCollins e—books)
iBooks US Bestseller List — Children & Teens
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Penguin Group US)
2. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)
3. Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)
4. Divergent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)
5. The Divergent Series Complete Collection by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)
6. The Maze Runner by James Dashner (Random House Children's Books)
7. Secret North by GJ Walker—Smith (GJ Walker—Smith)
8. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Random House Children's Books)
9. Looking for Alaska by John Green (Penguin Group US)
10. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (Penguin Group US)
11. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Inc.)
12. Four: The Transfer: A Divergent Story by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)
13. The Giver by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
14. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner (Random House Children's Books)
15. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Inc.)
16. Free Four by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)
17. The Death Cure by James Dashner (Random House Children's Books)
18. Paper Towns by John Green (Penguin Group US)
19. Storm Shells by GJ Walker—Smith (GJ Walker—Smith)
20. The One by Kiera Cass (HarperTeen)
iBooks US Bestseller List — Cookbooks, Food & Wine
1. The Big Book of Breakfast by Maryana Volstedt (Chronicle Books LLC)
2. I Quit Sugar by Sarah Wilson (Crown Publishing Group)
3. Skinny Meals by Bob Harper (Random House Publishing Group)
4. The Hungry Girl Diet by Lisa Lillien (St. Martin's Press)
5. Against All Grain by Danielle Walker (Victory Belt Publishing)
6. The Fast Metabolism Diet Cookbook by Haylie Pomroy (Crown Publishing Group)
7. The Pound a Day Diet by Rocco DiSpirito (Grand Central Publishing)
8. The Paleo Cookbook: 300 Delicious Paleo Diet Recipes by John Chatham (Callisto Media Inc.)
9. 101 Juice Recipes by Joe Cross (Reboot Media)
10. Egg by Michael Ruhlman (Little, Brown and Company)
11. Nom Nom Paleo by Henry Fong & Michelle Tam (Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC)
12. The Clean Eating Cookbook & Diet: Over 100 Healthy Whole Food Recipes & Meal Plans by Rockridge Press (Callisto Media Inc.)
13. The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone (Rodale)
14. Wheat Belly 30—Minute (Or Less!) Cookbook by William Davis (Rodale)
15. The Chopped Cookbook by Food Network Kitchen (Crown Publishing Group)
16. Wheat Belly Cookbook by William Davis (Rodale)
17. The Dolce Diet Living Lean Cookbook by Brandy Roon & Mike Dolce (Conrad James Books)
18. Secrets of the Best Chefs by Adam Roberts (Artisan)
19. The Flavor Bible by Andrew Dornenburg & Karen Page (Little, Brown and Company)
20. Nutribullet Recipes Reloaded: 70+ New Fat Burning & Delicious Green Smoothie Recipes for Your Rapid Weight Loss by Samantha Michaels (Speedy Publishing LLC)
iBooks US Bestseller List — Comics & Graphic Novels
1. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #18 by Andy Price, Katie Cook & Sabrina Alberghetti (IDW Publishing)
2. Injustice: Year Two #8 by Bruno Redondo & Tom Taylor (DC Comics)
3. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #17 by Andy Price, Brenda Hickey & Katie Cook (IDW Publishing)
4. The Walking Dead #125 by Charles Adlard & Robert Kirkman (Image Comics)
5. Injustice: Year Two #7 by Mike S. Miller, Taylor & Tom (DC Comics)
6. Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command by Rick Leonardi & W. Haden Blackman (Dark Horse Comics)
7. Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #28 — Dawn of the Autobots by Alex Milne, Casey W. Coller & James Roberts (IDW Publishing)
8. The Walking Dead: Compendium One by Charlie Adlard, Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore (Image Comics)
9. The Walking Dead #2 by Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore (Image Comics)
10. The Walking Dead Volume 20: All Out War Part 1 by Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Robert Kirkman & Stefano Gaudiano (Image Comics)
11. Smallville: Lantern #8 by Bryan Q. Miller & Marcio Takara (DC Comics)
12. Injustice: Year Two #6 by Bruno Redondo & Tom Taylor (DC Comics)
13. Justice League Beyond 2.0 (2013— ) #19 by Christos Gage & Dexter Soy (DC Comics)
14. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #1 by Andy Price & Katie Cook (IDW Publishing)
15. Jim Butcher's Dresden Files: Ghoul Goblin by Jim Butcher & Joseph Cooper (Dynamite)
16. Batman Eternal #4 by Dustin Nguyen, James Tynion IV, John Layman & Scott Snyder (DC Comics)
17. The Walking Dead #121 by Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Robert Kirkman & Stefano Gaudiano (Image Comics)
18. The Walking Dead #123 by Charles Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Robert Kirkman & Stefano Gaudiano (Image Comics)
19. The Walking Dead: Compendium Two by Charlie Adlard & Robert Kirkman (Image Comics)
20. The Walking Dead #3 by Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore (Image Comics)
iBooks US Bestseller List — Health, Mind & Body
1. Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison (Crown Publishing Group)
2. How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie (Simon & Schuster)
3. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company)
4. 10% Happier by Dan Harris (It Books)
5. David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company)
6. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
7. It Starts With Food by Dallas Hartwig & Melissa Hartwig (Victory Belt Publishing)
8. Grain Brain by David Perlmutter & Kristin Loberg (Little, Brown and Company)
9. The Body Book by Cameron Diaz (HarperWave)
10. The Blood Sugar Solution 10—Day Detox Diet by M.D. & Mark Hyman (Little, Brown and Company)
11. Quiet by Susan Cain (Crown Publishing Group)
12. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library)
13. What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff & Sharon Mazel (Workman Publishing Company)
14. Growing Up Duggar by Jill Duggar (Howard Books)
15. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words)
16. A New Earth (Oprah #61) by Eckhart Tolle (Penguin Group US)
17. Wheat Belly by William Davis (Rodale)
18. Clean Eats by Alejandro Junger (HarperOne)
19. The Fast Metabolism Diet by Haylie Pomroy (Crown Publishing Group)
20. You Are the Placebo by Dr. Joe Dispenza (Hay House)
iBooks US Bestseller List — Fiction & Literature
1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Company)
2. The Collector by Nora Roberts (Penguin Group US)
3. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (William Morrow Paperbacks)
4. The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty (Penguin Group US)
5. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin Group US)
6. Missing You by Harlan Coben (Penguin Group US)
7. I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)
8. Carnal Curiosity by Stuart Woods (Penguin Group US)
9. Psychos: A White Girl Problems Book by Babe Walker (Gallery Books)
10. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (Penguin Group US)
11. Chestnut Street by Maeve Binchy (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
12. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Scribner)
13. The Alchemist — 10th Anniversary Edition by Paulo Coelho (HarperCollins e—books)
14. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (Algonquin Books)
15. White Girl Problems by Babe Walker (Hyperion)
16. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (Little, Brown and Company)
17. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin Group US)
18. Tempting Fate by Jane Green (St. Martin's Press)
19. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Penguin Group US)
20. Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen (Random House Publishing Group)
iBooks US Bestseller List — Mysteries & Thrillers
1. The Target by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown Publishing Group)
3. Natchez Burning by Greg Iles (William Morrow)
4. NYPD Red 2 by James Patterson & Marshall Karp (Little, Brown and Company)
5. Live to See Tomorrow by Iris Johansen (St. Martin's Press)
6. Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline (St. Martin's Press)
7. Unlucky 13 by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown and Company)
8. Sycamore Row by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
9. Everything to Lose by Andrew Gross (William Morrow)
10. Field of Prey by John Sandford (Penguin Group US)
11. NYPD Red by James Patterson & Marshall Karp (Little, Brown and Company)
12. Little Girl Lost by Brian McGilloway (Witness Impulse)
13. The Hit by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
14. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (Crown Publishing Group)
15. Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin's Press)
16. Warriors by Ted Bell (William Morrow)
17. The Innocent by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
18. One Second After by William R. Forstchen (Tom Doherty Associates)
19. Inferno by Dan Brown (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
20. Frog Music by Emma Donoghue (Little, Brown and Company)
iBooks US Bestseller List — Religion & Spirituality
1. Heaven is for Real by Lynn Vincent & Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson)
2. Instinct by T. D. Jakes (FaithWords)
3. Proof of Heaven by M.D. & Eben Alexander (Simon & Schuster)
4. Heaven is for Real Movie Edition by Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson)
5. Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis (HarperCollins e—books)
6. Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson)
7. The Story, NIV by Zondervan (Zondervan)
8. NKJV Ignite by Thomas Nelson (Thomas Nelson)
9. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren (Zondervan)
10. Love Does by Bob Goff (Thomas Nelson)
11. Zealot by Reza Aslan (Random House Publishing Group)
12. Holy Bible (NIV) by Zondervan (Zondervan)
13. Four Blood Moons by John Hagee (Worthy Publishing)
14. The Love Dare by Alex Kendrick & Stephen Kendrick (B&H Publishing Group)
15. Boundaries by Henry Cloud & John Townsend (Zondervan)
16. Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer (FaithWords)
17. How Jesus Became God by Bart D. Ehrman (HarperOne)
18. The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson (Zondervan)
19. Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor (HarperOne)
20. As It Was in the Days of Noah by Jeff Kinley (Harvest House Publishers)
iBooks US Bestseller List — Romance
1. Alpha by Jasinda Wilder (Seth Clarke)
2. Nash by Jay Crownover (William Morrow Paperbacks)
3. Losing It by Cora Carmack (William Morrow Paperbacks)
4. Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
5. When I Surrender by Kendall Ryan (Kendall Ryan)
6. Take Me for Granted by K.A. Linde (K.A. Linde Inc)
7. Nine Months Part 2 by Beverly Barton (Harlequin)
8. Nine Months Part 3 by Beverly Barton (Harlequin)
9. Betrayed: Book Two — The Road to Redemption by Nicky Charles (Nicky Charles)
10. Smart, Sexy and Secretive by Tammy Falkner (Night Shift Publishing)
11. Fifty Shades Darker by E L James (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
12. Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts (Penguin Group US)
13. Thought I Knew You by Kate Moretti (Red Adept Publishing)
14. Let Me Be the One by Bella Andre (Oak Press, LLC)
15. The Proposition 4: The Ferro Family by H.M. Ward (H.M. Ward Press)
16. Fifty Shades Freed by E L James (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
17. When We Met by Susan Mallery (Harlequin)
18. Bedding the Billionaire by Ruth Cardello (Ruth Cardello)
19. Taming Alex by Jill Sanders (Jill Sanders)
20. Maybe Matt's Miracle by Tammy Falkner (Night Shift Publishing)
iBooks US Bestseller List — Sci—Fi & Fantasy
1. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Tom Doherty Associates)
2. Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn (Random House Publishing Group)
3. Keepers & Killers by Donna Augustine (Donna Augustine)
4. Shattered, Alchemy Series Book Three by Donna Augustine (Donna Augustine)
5. Vengeful Spirit by Graham McNeill (Black Library)
6. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Penguin Group US)
7. Dune by Frank Herbert (Penguin Group US)
8. Redemption by Donna Augustine (Donna Augustine)
9. Skin Game by Jim Butcher (Penguin Group US)
10. The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (Penguin Group US)
11. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Random House Publishing Group)
12. Heaven's Queen by Rachel Bach (Orbit)
13. The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison (Harper Voyager)
14. The Man In the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
15. Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Random House Publishing Group)
16. The Churn: An Expanse Novella by James S.A. Corey (Orbit)
17. The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (William Morrow Paperbacks)
18. The Hobbit (Enhanced Edition) by J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
19. Dark Eden by Chris Beckett (Crown Publishing Group)
20. The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (Orion Publishing Group)
